Well done to everyone who made the longlist. It’s been a tough job choosing the shortlist! So huge congrats to all who made it through.

We have 19 shortlisted stories and 12 will be published on our website in the countdown to Christmas, starting 5th December. The prizes will be announced on publication of each story!

• ‘Tis the Season
• A Christmas Cupid
• A Single Wish
• And Days of Auld Lang Syne
• Dear Richard
• How to manage the copious and somewhat predictable array of presents your true love will shower upon you during the Twelve days of Christmas
• Julenisse
• Present and Future
• Season’s Greetings
• Secret Santa
• The Fortune Teller Miracle Fish from the Christmas Cracker
• The Replacement
• The Santas
• The Silver Lining of a Jellyfish
• The Yew’s Embrace
• Thou Art My Choice
• While the Rest of the World Burns, It’s an Annus Ordinarius on Lombard Crescent Again
• Wrong Christmas
• Yellow isn’t really her colour

Good luck everyone!